It was celebration time last week! If you want to do a party right, you serve tea. This is the kind of party animal I am. A dormouse. I met a girlfriend at the local tea room and took a…
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It was celebration time last week! If you want to do a party right, you serve tea. This is the kind of party animal I am. A dormouse. I met a girlfriend at the local tea room and took a…
Is it time to go shopping? Need the perfect gift for someone who loves to read but already has all the books? I’ve gone shopping for you! Honor their need for words with this baker’s dozen list of best gifts…
It’s National Library Week, and this library makes me happy. What? It appears utterly common, downright drab, and blends in with the native wildlife? Every mystic portal does, my deary. Only those with the gift of imagination know better and…
I love me a good reading challenge. I raised my fabulous five surrounded by books and, so far as I can tell, I think it’s done them well. The youngest is a tender twenty years old and can figure out…
As if you couldn’t evacuate 2020 fast enough, here are some parting stories to keep you company till midnight. The five most popular posts of the year according to my website stats are: Five: The Maelstrom. Appropriate word for 2020,…
Salutations favorite peeps! My incredibly good mood this morning could be blamed on several things. September is finally here and my anticipation of snuggly sweaters, flamboyant scarves, and leather boots is entirely too optimistic but is undeniably arrived. I am…
There came a moment in the spring of 2020 when all of the planet took a time-out. In this sabbath hush, the earth could be heard breathing. In order to better hear it, everyone stepped outside and walked the dusty…
A long time ago (beginning of March), in a galaxy far away (across town), I made a run to Costco (Ground Zero). This is usually Hubbyโs job but my super efficient self had to get gas anyway. I pulled into…
So far, this year has been the strangest ever and I find myself doing absurd things and passing them off as normal. For example: I have a kitten now. Pre-pandemic saw me pet-free for a solid twenty years. Why have…